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Oct. 3; 1939. A. P. ELSQN 2,174,694

v BIB Filed Feb. 8, 1937 ALEXANDEI? R ELSON INVENTOR ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 3, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates generally to a device for use as a table bib for children although the said device hereinafter described can also be used by dentists, physicians and nurses to protect patients during work on the face and mouth.

The main object of the invention resides in the provision of a bib, apron or napkin which is preferably made of a crepe paper or other form of paper used ordinarily for napkins, towels and the like whereby the said bib may be discarded after each use thereof in similar fashion to paper towels or napkins.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a bib which can be made and packed cheaply. Another object of the invention resides in the provision of means for connecting the bib around the neck of the wearer in simple fashion.

These objects and other incidental ends and advantages of the invention will hereinafter ap pear in the progress of the disclosure and as pointed out in the appended claim.

Accompanying this specification is a drawing showing preferred forms of the invention wherein corresponding reference characters designate corresponding parts through the several views.

In accordance with the drawing:

- Figure -1 is a front elevation of a paper blank fora bib suitably perforated for the formation of a neckband and scored for the folding of the said neckband and the lower edge to form a trap.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of Figure 1 showing the folding of the neckband and the lower edge along the lines of scoring.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of Figure 5.

Figure 5 is a front elevation of a bib in completed form. t

Figure 6 is a side view of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a front elevation of a modified bib in completed rorm.

Figure 8 is a side elevation of Figure '2'.

Figure 9 is another modified bib in completed form.

Figure 10 is a side elevation of Figure 9.

In accordance with the drawing, and in accordance with the preferred forms of the invention shown therein, numeral in designates a blank of paper preferably, that type of crepe paper or other paper used ordinarily for napkins and towels, the said blank 01 paper being preferably in the form of a rectangle. Blank in below the lip-- per edge thereof is provided with opposite V notches extending inwardly from the side edges, the upper legs of the V notch being designated by numeral Ii while the lower legs the said notch are designated by numeral Il'. Intermediate the upper edges oi the V notch and the upper edge of the blank HI is a transverse scoring line H on the reverse side of the blank Hi. When the upper portion of blank i0 is folded rearwardly along the scoring line i 2, double ply encircling straps are formed having an outer ply i4 and an inner ply 3. The upper edge of the said double ply encircling straps is indicated by numeral il while the means of securing the said straps-around the neck of the wearer is indicated by numeral 88 which, as shown, consists of an adhesive material such as paste or the like.

Above the lower edge of the blank or body portion it! is a transverse scoring line IS. The lower portion of the blank it below scoring line I is designated by numeral it, being folded upwardly along the scoring line iEito form a trap for any materials which are likely to flow or fall down the main body it of the bib.

Since crepe paper or other types of paper which are used to 01m paper napkins and towels lack resiliency, it has been found that by corrugating the intermediate portion of body it transversely, the bib resists flexing along longitudinal lines. The corrugations on the body of bib is indicated by numeral is. It is, of course, understood that the paper comprising the bib must have a stifiness of body sufficient to take a corrugation which will prevent flexing along longitudinal lines and which will permit flexing along transverse lines of the bib. The-corrugations it serve another purpose in that they impede the flow or fall of feeding materials dropping from the mouth of the user. Where corrugations N are unsuccessiul in this regard, trap it serves as a finai catch-basin.

Figure 8 shows a bib which is similar in all respects to the bib shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 except that independent encircling straps are provided which are aillxed to a circular recess 20 in the bib body It. Thus a tape member has portion 23 secured to recess 20 by such means as adhesive 26 while the protruding portions 26 and 22 01; the said tape member project beyond the upper edge of the bib body 59 to be secured to each other atthe terminals by any means such as adhesive paste 25. V

' In Figure 9, another type of bib is shown which substitutes a re-inforcing strip 28 for corruga- 59 tions i9, the said re-iniorcing strip 28 being secured to the front face of body 10 intermediate the width thereof by such securing means as adhesive material 2?.

I wish it understood that minor changes and E5 variations in the material, integration and location of the several parts may all be resorted to without departing irom the spirit oi the invention a sheet of paper having transverse corrugations substantially intermediate the length thereof to make the bib flexible along transverse lines and substantially inflexible along vertical lines, the said transverse corrugations also serving as obstructions for the easy ilow of liquid and solid foods, the said sheet near the top being smooth and having recesses cut therein to form opposing encircling straps, the said sheet having its lower edge upturned to serve as a trap.

- ALEXANDER P. ELSON. 

